Summary: The Agreement offers an appropriate framework for dialogue between the parties in order to encourage the intensification of close relations and cooperation in all the areas covered by the Agreement, to support efforts to consolidate the economic and social bases of the transition process, to promote regional cooperation, in particular in the ACP countries, and integration into the world economy, in order to promote sustainable peace and stability in the region.
Signed: 11/10/1999
Sanctioned and promulgated: 03/05/2002
International ratification: 03/06/2003
Entry into force: 01/05/2004